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Meditation: unravelling the myths

I really like this post on Yoga-Abode, the site of Lucia Cockcroft, a friend of mine. Lucia says that "You don't have to wear orange robes and sit on cushions in an incense-swathed room. Anyone can meditate, and even a minute a day can pay off," and with this, she basically deconstructs the idea that mediation is something that only gurus people can do.

In this post, Lucia provides a simple guide on how to begin this very beneficial practice and interestingly, notes that one the most difficult things to take on board is that meditation must be practised without a specific goal.

How to get more people to read your work

If you are a therapist and you write a blog or own a content-driven website, you will want to find ways of getting more people to read your articles on your site. I have found one little way (amongst the many!) that might help.

You could try writing an article for GoArticles.com and link to your site or blog within the piece. I'd originally written the How to Choose Your Spiritual Mentor feature which appears on this site for Vision magazine, before it folded, so rather than 'waste' the article I not only posted it here, but put it on GoArticles a few days ago. The feature has since had 6 requests - which means my work and my blog are getting circulated.

Dr Kevin Ross Emery: Managing the gift

Dr Kevin Ross Emery is an eminent US spiritualist coach and counsellor, who has written a number of interesting books on various aspects of spirituality and psychic-awareness, but most notably, Managing the gift: alternative approaches to attention deficit disorder.

I met Dr Emery last year in the UK at a bit of a spiritual soiree and he is most definitely an interesting guy. In Managing the gift, Dr Emery claims that the 'ADHD impacted person is part of the evolutionary process of humanity', and in his view, we must recognise and appreciate the gifts that people with attention deficit disorders bring to society.

The New Encyclopedia of Flower Remedies

The New Encyclopedia of Flower Remedies by Clare Harvey (published by Watkins) is a wonderful book of incredible detail and knowledge about flower remedies across the world (and it's a gorgeous bright pink!).

Many of us just associate flower remedies with Bach Flower, but there are thousands of others from across the world that could possibly be used. Whether Deva Flower Elixirs from Europe, or Andreas Korte Essences from Africa and the Amazon, Harvey lists them all in a comprehensive and easily-used resource.

Harvey's book begins with a history of the use of flower essences, as well as including a detailed description of how they work, of energy fields and of the effects of stress, shock and pollution on humans.